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A Little Something Sweet

A Little Something Sweet

Petite women in a small shop on a quaint stretch of Marshall Avenue are producing miniature delicacies: macarons the size of 50-cent pieces, and cupcakes, some small enough to fit
A Second Course at Seven

A Second Course at Seven

Angry partners. Broke investors. A flawed business plan. But the former R. Norman and 7 Sushi survived. Now David Koch is taking the restaurant in a new direction.
Could This Start-Up Change the Face of Medicine?

Could This Start-Up Change the Face of Medicine?

Doris Taylor’s groundbreaking U of M research on how to build hearts and other organs is now the core of a fledging start-up, Miromatrix. It could be a sign that technology transfer at the university is improving. And while the company doesn’t own a mailbox today, tomorrow, some believe, it could spawn a whole new med-tech industry.
United Nations of Creole

United Nations of Creole

Best known for his acclaimed Restaurant Alma in Southeast Minneapolis, chef-owner Alexander Roberts—one of the small club of locals nominated for the James Beard Award—also owns the Brasa restaurants in
Better Than Good for You

Better Than Good for You

Cruciferous vegetables are all the rage. Check the menus: The Sample Room in Northeast Minneapolis serves a terrific roasted vegetable salad with grilled Brussels sprouts over spinach; Café Lurcat offers
Red Roses, Black Pudding

Red Roses, Black Pudding

It’s not that you need help. Of course you don’t. But here it is, the month of hearts and love and romance. You’ve got a special someone in mind, and
Hot Topic Radio

Hot Topic Radio

Two print journalists make the jump to radio—and get up close and personal with unnerving subject matter.